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Kali

Mark: I LOVE this story. What a great experience. Thank you for sharing it. Well written and inspiring.

brian

awesome post!!

Scott

Out of understanding, I have pulled out my vinly of Murmur and
Reckoning. Though the turnable is long gone there is something quite nice about holding these albums again. I think the last REM album I bought (records stores were magic) was the re-release of Chronic Town right after Fables of the Reconstruction and like you for reasons I'd like to suss out I lost interest. REM was important in that living South East Ohio I had the two sets of friends...on one hand these friends were into either: Judas Priest/Iron Maiden and the other set: Alan Holdsworth/Al Di Meola. REM just more sense and even though I can't quite put it in words...their music became better a better friend to me.

We are mos de over due for a catch up---you know any one with a turntable? Let's have a vinyl night and break out the Rolling Rock.

jason Dennie

Thanks for sharing, Mark. This is a reminder of inspirational experiences and a great read.

Lisa

All I can say is WOW. I wish I could have been there with you and Tanja. What a great story, and I love love love the picture of Michael Stipe. :)

ZappoMan

Mark,

Thanks for dropping me a line...

Oh, but, this is really is a great story... and of course, you are a great story-teller, so it's doubly good.

You've been on stage before, although not to the scale of REM... but I'm sure you can also image through that lens what it is like to be on stage in front of thousands (tens of thousands) of people.

My stage time has been in front of hundreds of people... but as a performer, I can say that I don't believe the number of people change the equation that much. The feeling you get from performing... the adrenaline rush from putting it all out there... putting your soul on the line. If you give yourself to 1 person, to ten people, or to a million people... the core emotion is that feeling of all-out no-holds-barred risk... and trust... trust in yourself... and in your audience. That is the essence of what makes a rock star. Sure, the punks (I was one) will tell you they don't care, and that is what makes them free to do what they want to do on stage... but the truth is, we are all human, and we all want one simple thing... to be accepted for who we are. The thrill of exposing yourself to the ultimate of rejection, and the power of feeling some acceptance when you aren't rejected... is AMAZING.

Isn't that what blogging is about?

Anyway, keep up the blog... it's cool stuff. Let's hook up... I'd love to tell you what I've been up to.

-Brad "el ZappoMan"

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